Our previous attempt resulted in a paper by the same five authors, "Quantum information and accounting information: their salient features and conceptual applications," published in the July-August 2006 issue of the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. We now extend the previous paper to...

To examine the potential gains from a second production source, we examine how source switching is optimally structured. The model focuses on a purchaser who manages the acquisition process, an incumbent supplier, and a potential entrant or second supplier. Because the costs of the incumbent and...

This paper surveys conflicts of interest in the corporate governance arena, with emphasis on auditors, boards of directors, analysts and investment bankers, regulators, management, attorneys and investors. Enron provides a host of examples as well. I stress the multifaceted nature of these...